PHILADEPHIA, [PA]—Walter C. Kelly known to Theatergoers for
a quarter of century as the “Virginia Judge” was buried Monday, Kelly, who was
65, died last Friday, the results of injuries received in Hollywood, Cal., a
month ago, from a fall.

PHILDELPHIA-AP- Charles
V.Kelly St, an Uncle of Princess Grace
of Monaco, died Friday at his home here.

He was a brother of the princess’ father John B. Kelly, who
is the president of a construction firm and head of the Atlantic City Racing
Association. Charles was associated in business with his brother for many
years.

Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Mary Kelly; a son Charles V.
Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Stephen Daly; another brother George, and three
grandchildren

A victim of pneumonia. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, sister of Jack Kelly,
Olympic rowing champion, died yesterday, at her home, 3665 Midvale avenue. Miss
Kelly, who was 32 years old, had held the position of supervisor at the Federal
Reserve Bank ever since that institution's organization. Before that she was an
instructor of operators for the Bell Telephone Company. The young woman was
stricken with pneumonia on February 13, and, although she rallied last Sunday,
little hope for her recovery was help out by her physician since the relapse
that followed. She is survived by five brothers, two of whom are actors and two
contractors in this city, and two sisters. The actors are William C., known as
the "Virginia Judge" and George E. Kelly, while the contractors are
P.H. and Charles V. Kelly. The sisters are Mrs. Joseph Cruice, of Germantown,
and Mrs. John Fromyer, of Falls of Schuilkill.

PHILADELPHIA [AP]—Thousands of persons today
joined government and civic leaders in mourning of the death or John B. Kelly.,
father of Princess Grace of Monaco and self-made man who achieved success and
prominence in may ventures.

The 70 year old businessman,
noted civic leader and former Olympic Champion oarsman died yesterday in his
home of intestinal cancer.He received
the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church. His wife, two other daughters and
his only son, John B. Jr., were at his bedside.

Princess Grace, the former
Grace Kelly who won fame in Hollywood as a movie actress, had flown here, from
Monaco to be with her father when he underwent, abdominal surgery for the
second time within a year.After he was
discharged from the Hospital last week, she returned to Monaco.

The Prince and Prince Rainier
plan to fly today to Philadelphia following a memorial mass in the private
chapel of the Monaco Palace.

In France where is vacationing
Mayor Richard Dilworth of Philadelphia said: ‘His
contributions and his sincere devotion to the life of the city in many fields
have left a lasting imprint.”

Kelly, a lifelong resident of
Philadelphia, rose from a bricklayer to found the John B. Kelly Co. in
1919.It grew into of the nation’s
largest brick work contracting firms.

Kelly was president of the
Atlantic City Racing Associate. And Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission.

Kelly also Active in
Politics.In 1935 he ran for mayor of
Philadelphia on the Democratic ticket, but lost to Mayor D. Davis Wilson.

John B. Kelly
Sr. Born October 4, 1889, Died
June 20, 1960 of cancer, age 70.John Brenden Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack
Kelly was one of the most accomplished oarsman in the history of the sport
rowing. He was a triple OlympicGoldMedal winner, the first to do so in the sport of
rowing. He won 126 straight races in the single scull. Grace Kelly’s father was
one of ten children of John Henry Kelly(1847-1897)
andMary Ann
Costelloin an Irish American Catholic family (originally from
Kidney Lake, Newport County Mayo, Ireland.). He had been in the ambulance corps
in World War I.

Jack Kelly is the greatest
sculler the United States has ever produced. He began rowing with the Chamonix
and Montrose Boat Clubs of Philadelphia, but in 1909 he joined the Vesper Boat
Club. Between 1909 and his competitive retirement after the 1924 Olympics,
Kelly won every sculling title available to him, including the World
Championship in both singles and doubles, the Olympics in singles and doubles,
and many national titles in both boats. In 1919 and 1920, he won the national
single sculls title over both the sprint distance (¼-mile) and 1½ miles. Kelly
never won the Diamond Sculls at the Henley Regatta because he was denied entry.
The usual rumor is that he was considered a professional by the Henley
authorities, because his trade, as a contractor, gave him an unfair advantage
in that it required him to use his muscles for strengthening, but that is
false. In fact, all members of Vesper Boat Club were banned for what were
considered, to the British, earlier professional activities. Kelly would
certainly have won that title had he been allowed to compete and in later years
had the last laugh on the British when his "bricklaying" led to a
lucrative business as a contractor in Philadelphia. Kelly fathered two very
famous children – John Kelly, Jr., another Olympic rower, who became President
of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the late Grace Kelly, the American movie
star who later became Princess Grace of Monaco.

race’s parents, John B. (Jack) Kelly and
Margaret (Majer) Kelly met at the Turngemeide swimming pool, located at Broad
Street and Columbia Avenue, in 1916. Mrs. Kelly was an athletic coach for coeds
atthe
University ofPennsylvania and was taking part
in a recreational swim at the pool. Jack, a member of the swim team at
Turngemeide, saw Margaret for the first time and immediately fell in love. The
two were married on January 30, 1924, at which point Mrs. Kelly converted to
Catholicism- Jack was a devout Irish Catholic.3